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The
Italian watchmaker Panerai, with about 100 years of service to the
Royal Italian Navy, has used its expertise to create watches that
has customers smitten and asking for more. Unlike other premium
watches, Panerai watches are made in extremely small lots keeping
the brand at rarefied levels.
Doing more than just tell the time, Panerai watches are durable
precision instruments and capable of withstanding considerable physical
stress. The world over, it's still the good, old word-of-mouth publicity
that drives most of Panerai's sales. While they are unisex, Panerai
watches look distinctly masculine and are popular with actors, including
those of Indian origin. But since they are large in size, thanks
to Panerai's association with the Italian navy, these watches are
unsuitable for those with small wrists.
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PANERAI
LUMINOR 1950 8 DAYS GMT
This
Panerai calibre P.2002 watch has a hand-wound movement entirely
made by Panerai with an 8-day power reserve, 3 spring barrels,
and 245 components (21 jewels). It as a black dial with luminous
numerals and hour markers, a small seconds dial and window
for day/night indication at 9 o'clock, baton hour and minute
hands, an arrow-pointed centre hand for the second time zone,
date window at 3 o'clock, a power reserve indicator at 6 o'clock
with triangular index moving across a linear scale. It has
a steel case with brushed finish in three parts, a diameter
of 44 mm, and a device to protect the winding crown (Trade
Mark). The steel bezel has a polished finish and its sapphire
crystal is 2 mm thick with anti-reflective treatment. The
steel back is secured by screws and sapphire crystal window.
It is water-resistant to 100 metres and has a hand-sewn leather
strap and personalised steel buckle.
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Calibre OPX/OPXI hand-wound movement with Swan's neck regulator |
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hand-wound movement, OP XIV Calibre |
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